Lately: On Happiness

It’s a funny old thing, happiness. If you ask me whether I’m happy, I’d say I’m ecstatic. We’ve just bought our own house (will I ever stop going on about this?!) and I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my career, working freelance (writing) and marketing an independent cinema. I’ve got a good group of friends and family who support me and like me for who I am. Plus *whispers* it’s nearly Christmas. Ecstatic, I tell ya.

I know my readers are wise enough to realise that life isn’t all peaches and roses all the time. Over the past few months I’ve been struggling a little with stress and I haven’t been feeling tip-top of late but I’m convinced having more time at the weekends to rest, rather than work, will soon help with that. My dad is going through some ‘stuff’ that is a bummer and my Mum is, well that’s another story. I guess my attitude to all the unfortunate stuff going on is that I’m still so lucky, because I see the good that I have and that’s what I will always focus on.

Whilst some things are starting to unravel in my life, it also feels like everything is coming together this year. I’m more focused than ever to enjoy every single second of it and appreciate it all. So even when my dad is talking about hospital dramas, he also talks about the 6ft ‘fit nurse’ that he was left alone with in the consultation room. Or when I had a sick day recently and I opened my laptop to find the OH had added a Nicholas Cage app to it, changing all the pictures on the internet to photographs of the man himself. Hilarious.

For me, happiness means making our house a home, loving my career, looking after myself and the ones I love, going to gigs, watching films and planning great holidays and adventures.

We’re babysitting my niece and nephew this weekend, we’re planing a getaway at the end of the month for the OH’s birthday and I’m counting the days till I see my university friends for our Christmas get together. Even though life is being annoying, I think that’s a lot to be happy about, right? For that, I’m grateful.

What’s your idea of happiness?

P.S All images via my Instagram.

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